Bailly News

Dear Families -

Thank you to those of you who attended Conferences earlier this week! We hope your child had a successful first eLearning day on Tuesday. It's important for your student to follow all of their teachers' instructions on eLearning Days for both their classroom teacher AND their related arts teacher.

Today we celebrated Veterans Day with an Assembly and some special guests - relatives of our students who are Veterans themselves! We hope those who joined us had a great time and we thank them for their service. A special shout-out to Mrs. Bielat for organizing this year's Veterans Day assembly and poster contest. We had some excellent submissions! Poster Contest Winners are:

Emma Breitzka - Kdg

Grant Pivarnik - 1st grade

Ivy Ellerthorpe - 2nd grade

Lucas Johnston - 3rd grade

Noah Shumate - 4th grade

Maggie Myers - overall

We hope you and your family can join us next Friday evening at the Barnes & Noble store in Valparaiso for our annual Barnes & Noble Night, sponsored by our PTO! Starting at 6:00 pm we'll have programming with a story from me, Mrs. Storm, and some performances by a couple of classes! You can also purchase items from the store and a portion of those proceeds support Bailly!

As the weather gets colder, it's important to remind you about our Snow Procedures for students and outdoor recess. In order to play IN the snow, students need the following 5 items when there is snow on the ground: coat, gloves/mittens, snow boots, snow pants, and a hat or hood. If they do not have ALL five of these items, they'll still be permitted to play outside but they will have to avoid the snow. We appreciate your attention to this and your understanding!

Now that we are moving through Quarter 2, linked below are the standards-based grading documents for you to review for your child's grade level. These outline the standards our learners are focusing on from now through December, as well as the expected levels of mastery for each one.

• Kindergarten
• First grade
• Second grade
• Third grade
• Fourth grade

Below I'm again sharing some important IREAD testing information for families of 2nd and 3rd graders:

• Information from Duneland Schools for 2nd grade families - click here!
• Information from the Department of Education for 2nd and 3rd grade families - click here!

Please be sure to scroll down to view our Family Friendly Survey opportunity - you are invited to participate!

Upcoming Dates:

November 17th - Barnes & Noble Night (Valpo Store)

November 22nd - 24th - Thanksgiving Break (No School)

Mrs. Storm

Proud Bailly Principal

This week in our Social Emotional lessons in kindergarten your student learned two ways to help themselves feel calm when they encounter strong feelings. Students practiced asking for help and slow breathing.

In first grade students learned to use body language and context clues to figure out when someone feels frustrated. They practiced looking at the person’s face and body, as well as thinking about what’s going on in the situation. They learned about a new strategy for feeling calm when they get frustrated, slow counting.

In second grade students learned that people can have different feelings in the same situation because of their experiences. Students talked about situations at school when people may have different feelings about the same thing.

In third grade students learned words for three degrees of happiness: content, happy, and excited. Students worked with a partner and shared about times when they felt content, happy, and excited.

In fourth grade students practiced rethinking a situation they’ve personally experienced. Sometimes strong emotions tell us that something is wrong or that we’re in danger.

Students learned to decide when they can use rethinking and when they should ask for help.

It was wonderful to see many of you at conferences this week. We are so happy to partner with you and your student. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to reach out to me.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Ms. Kellogg

hkellogg@duneland.k12.in.us

219-983-3670

Please join us for the Barnes & Noble Night on Friday, November 17th between 5-7pm.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 30th @ 2:35 PM.

At Open House, families had the opportunity to add their student's information to the Directory. To access the Bailly Student Directory, click here.

In keeping with our Core Values, Duneland School Corporation is committed to fostering partnerships to improve the quality of life in our community. One of our most important partnerships is with our families. As we strive to continue to build upon and strengthen our family partnerships, DSC is applying for renewal from the Indiana Department of Education as an IDOE “Family Friendly Schools” corporation. In doing so, we will continue to “focus on addressing students' academic, physical, emotional, and social needs while providing the needed resources and fostering the active involvement of their families through schools and the community.” (Indiana Department of Education Family Friendly Schools Handbook)

Please help us as we continue to support our students and community by completing the IDOE online survey by November 21, 2023.

Your ongoing support in educating the children of our community is greatly appreciated!

SURVEY LINKS AND INSTRUCTIONS:

Survey Links:

• 2024-2025 Family Friendly Survey Questions for Families

• 2024-2025 Family Friendly Survey Questions for Families-Spanish

School Name: choose your school from the drop-down list

School Corporation: 6470 Duneland School Corporation

School Liaison Name: MICHELLE PALKO

School Liaison email: mpalko@duneland.k12.in.us

School Codes for your convenience:

6928 - Bailly Elementary School

6819 - Brummitt Elementary School

6817 - Jackson Elementary School

6823 - Liberty Elementary School

6941 - Newton Yost Elementary School

6821 - Liberty Intermediate School

6927 - Westchester Intermediate School

6930 - Chesterton Middle School

6925 - Chesterton Senior High School

6926- Trojan Virtual Academy (TVA)

If you have interest in being a parent observer in Canvas, CLICK HERE to follow the instructions! This will allow you access to the materials your child is seeing and working on in Canvas.

Students in grades K-4 will attend school from 8:00 AM - 2:20 PM.

Our school doors will open at 7:40 AM each day, which is when we will start operating our car line. Students will not be permitted to enter the school building before 7:40 AM.

ARRIVAL

1. Students are permitted to enter the building at 7:40. School starts at 8:00.

2. When students enter, they can choose to have breakfast (go to the cafeteria) or not (go to classroom).

3. We ask that all students strive to be at school by 7:50 a.m. so they are ready to start on time.

4. All cars dropping off students should pull up to the curb and follow car line staff members’ instructions. If a parent would like to come into the building with your child, please use one of the angled parking spots and walk your child into the office so we can keep the flow of traffic moving efficiently.

5. Students who arrive after 8:00 AM by car must have a parent come into the building and sign in as to the reason the student is tardy.

DISMISSAL

1. Student dismissal begins at 2:15 PM.

2. It is important to build consistency with students’ routines, so families will need to select the “default” mode of transportation their student will use on most days.

3. Students who must go home a different way than usual must have a note signed by the parent. Phone calls or emails are not sufficient as we may miss those messages during the school day or not receive them in time.

4. Students may only go home with people who are designated to pick them up. Please make sure to fill out this information at Open House or within the first week of school.

5. Please see the school documents that show and explain our dismissal process.

Need some help in navigating your Skyward Parent Portal? Here is a Quick Guide with helpful videos attached to guide parents in familiarizing and utilizing Skyward!

Click HERE for a video tour of Skyward Family Access

Click HERE for more Skyward Family Access resources

Click HERE to log in to Skyward!

Duneland Athletes in grades 3-5 and grades 6-8 will learn the hitting philosophy used by the Chesterton High School Baseball team at this camp on Friday, November 24, 2023. Click the image below to register.

As we approach the winter season, please review the procedures for school closings and/or delays that may occur due to inclement weather. The decision to close school and engage in a virtual-synchronous eLearning day (see below) or alter the school day is made after collaborating with multiple district personnel, local, state departments and agencies, including: law enforcement, national weather service, highway/street departments, and transportation. In addition, other Porter County school districts are consulted due to partnerships that impact special education and career-technical education students.

Decisions about school delays due to inclement weather will be made as early as possible. In some instances, a school cancellation may follow a two-hour delay. In the event of a two-hour delay followed by a cancellation, we will do our best to make the decision to cancel school before 9:00 a.m. Delay or cancellation information will be delivered through the Skylert notification system. These notifications are based on the contact information provided in the General category within your Skylert notification system. Please review and update (if necessary) your contact information to receive these notifications. School closing/delay information will also be posted on the DSC website (www.duneland.k12.in.us) and sent to the following media outlets:

• Radio: WAKE 1500 AM; Indiana 105.5 FM; WEFM 95.9 FM; WDSO 88.3 FM; WGN Radio 720; WBBM Newsradio 780

• Local TV Channels: 2, 5, 7, 9, 32

• Websites: www.cancellations.com; www.emergencyclosingcenter.com

The following options will be considered during weather emergencies:

• Option 1: Start of the school day will be delayed 2-hours. Delayed start times are:

• Elementary - 10:00 a.m.

• Intermediate - 10:15 a.m.

• Middle School - 9:50 a.m.

• High School - 9:40 a.m.

• Option 2: Students will not report to school; students will participate in an unplanned inclement weather eLearning day (virtual-synchronous-see Guidelines for Students)

• Students will take part in Google Meet sessions with their teachers to receive face-to-face instruction. Teachers will post schedules by 9:00 A.M. Please click on the link above for more information.

• Option 3: Schools will dismiss early

Website: https://www.duneland.k12.in.us/bailly
Location: 800 South 5th Street, Chesterton, IN, USA
Phone: 219-983-3670
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